Citing the AIDS Epidemic Mannequin’s estimates, the Division of Well being revealed that the variety of HIV circumstances within the Philippines may attain 448,000 by 2030 “if prevention and interventions gained’t scale up.”
MANILA, Philippines — Instances of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) within the nation could attain 215,400 earlier than 2024 ends, based on the Division of Well being (DOH).
The DOH reported on Sunday that it has recorded 131,335 circumstances nationwide as of September.
Citing the AIDS Epidemic Mannequin’s (AEM) estimates, the well being company revealed that the variety of HIV circumstances within the Philippines may attain 448,000 by 2030 “if prevention and interventions gained’t scale up.”
In a bid to stop the circumstances from rising, the DOH disclosed that it has collaborated with the Philippine Nationwide AIDS Council (PNAC) to formally launch the “Undetectable = Untransmittable Marketing campaign” in observance of the 2024 Philippine World AIDS Day on December 1.
“The marketing campaign counters stigma and opens conversations about HIV/AIDS prevention. The general public is reminded that common testing in major care amenities, native clinics, well being facilities, and cellular testing models may be accessed in confidence,” the company’s assertion reads.
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Among the many marketing campaign’s initiatives is urging those that examined optimistic for HIV to hunt remedy, apply protected intercourse through the use of condoms, and use oral Pre-Publicity Prophylaxis to scale back the chance of contracting HIV.
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“We have to work collectively to accentuate and scale up our HIV response to cease this epidemic. Guided by the Eight-Level Motion Agenda for HIV and AIDS, we should decide to a whole-of-society and whole-of-government strategy in reaching our objectives of ending the epidemic,” stated Dr. Joselito Feliciano, govt director of PNAC.
For Well being Secretary Teodoro Herbosa, early detection and working towards protected intercourse are essential.
“It is just by way of collective motion that we can finish the HIV epidemic within the nation. We should all work collectively to make sure that those that want it most–particularly our PLHIVs and different key populations–are in a position to entry our HIV providers with out issue or stigma, dahil sa Bagong Pilipinas, Bawat Buhay Mahalaga,” he added.
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